Services

Our special field comprises the conservation of textiles and material-combined textiles.

Speciality according to material:

-Textiles

• Such as paraments,
• Historical garment,
• Flags,
• Accessoires,
• Interior decoration,
• Textiles in various shapes, fibres
and techniques (e.g. embroidery)

-Archaeological Textiles

• Textiles from graves,
• Organic archaeological finds

-Feather objects

• Several feather works,
• Such as feather cloaks or capes,
• Feather caps, etc.

Determination of materials - Identification of fibres and
feathers

-Material-combined textiles

• With glass e.g. pearls,
• With metal e.g. metal threads,
• With bones e.g. relics

-Leather objects

• Such as shoes

Specialists areas

• Textiles from European and
extra-European area resp. from
world’s cultures
• A specific areal field is present with paraments,
• Textiles from Oceania e.g. Maori textiles
• And also with textiles from Central and South America
e.g.Peru and Guiana

Services within this special field:

Documentation of the techniques by drawing

-Professional documentation of the object

• Documentation – written and illustrated via
digital media (customized documentation -
complexity depends on individual agreement)
• Preparation of digital drawings and
schemes from techniques, shapes and patterns
if desired
• Mapping of damage and
materials if desired

-Evaluation of the condition

• Based on data collected from the object
and with the aid of scientific standards in conservation

-Identification of materials and techniques

• Analysis of fabrics, identification of textile
techniques
• Identification of fibres and feathers (especially
from bird specimen of New Zealand)

-Preparing conservation concepts and expert reports

• Preparation of a customized / individual
conservation concept
• Preparation of a concept for storage
and presentation
• Preparation of an expert report in case of damage

-Professional conservation treatment

• Cleaning and supporting
• Suitable packaging after conservation

-Collections care

• Inventory • Consulting about climate, exhibition,
storage and how to plan a depot
• Experienced with polluted cultural
property (pesticides, microorganisms and insects)
• Preventive conservation such as
monitoring of climate, pests and light protection

-Caring for exhibition

• Consultation around professional presentation
of textiles (in relation to climate, light, materials for
packaging and presentatiton) and their implementation
• Manufacture of displays – panels, hanging and
mannequins
• Installation and removal of an exhibition (on
conservation aspects)

-Staff training and courses

• Covering handling and packaging of
historical textiles
• Covering the care of a textile around
climate, light and storage